# Do clear properties take up space in the DB.

Brack (slayer@kaiwan.com)
Sat, 21 Dec 1996 22:17:07 PST

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    At 02:01 PM 12/22/96 PST, Francis Litterio wrote:
    >I'm considering adding a new property to #1 which will be clear on
    >nearly every object in the DB except a very few.  Will doing so bloat my
    >DB (in memory and on disk) by much?  I guess I'm wondering whether
    >having a property on every object that is clear 99.99% of the time will
    >take up much space (compared to not having that property at all).
    >
    >Thanks in advance for any help.
    >--
    it adds 16 bytes to every object, whether it's clear or not. if it's a
    number, object, or error value it won't get more than that.
    If it's clear 99.99% of the time you might consider having a property on
    one object that holds a list of objects that are different for some reason.

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